At Southpass Stadium (south_way), home of the Thurlocks, Kevin Brown. Cooper was beckoning his teammates to come around.

This important qualifying rematch is about to begin, and they are making the final mobilization.

"I don't want to say too much about the importance of this game." "You must all know that," Cooper said. I just want to ask you: do you want to play in the FA Cup? ”

"Yes!" The crowd replied in unison.

"I want to too!" Cooper laughed, and he reached for the center of the circle. "Come on, guys!"

Everyone stretched out their hands and folded them.

"We're only a team in the ninth division, but we're going to be the darkest horses, guys. Show your face on TV! Let the whole of England get to know us, and get to know Wimbledon! ”

Kevin. Cooper's hand slammed down, "Win Sherlock, go to the race!" ”

"Go to the race!"

Everyone shouted loudly, and then dispersed in unison.

※※※ "Go to the main race?" Thurlock fans couldn't help but laugh when they heard the Wimbledon players shouting like that.

"Our 'fleet' is a sixth-level team, but we don't dare to shout like that!" "Fleet" (the_fleet) is Thurlock's nickname.

"Their ninth-level team dares to say such big things?"

"You're great in the ninth league, but don't be crazy in front of us! Surrey boys! ”

"Give them some color and see!"

But the ridicule of the Sherlock fans was soon drowned out by the singing of the Wimbledon fans. Although this is the home of Sherlock, judging by the distribution of shirt colors in the stands, the fans of the visiting team Wimbledon make up a huge majority...... Want to play against the Wimbledon fans? Thurlock's fans are also too self-conscious.

"Wimbledon! Wimbledon!! Oooh! Let's go to the race! Go to the race! ”

Emily sang loudly among the fans.

Amid the singing of his own fans, Wimbledon began this crucial rematch.

There is no such thing as an away goal in the FA Cup replay, so Sherlock's two goals in the first leg are of little use and they can't afford to hold on to them. Now both sides are 0:0 and everything starts from scratch. As long as either team defeats their opponent in the rematch, they will qualify for the main event.

Thurlock had chosen to attack aggressively from the start, they were on their home turf and in the sixth tier, which is much higher than Wimbledon in terms of league standings. They certainly have a reason to take the lead on their home turf, and they want to show Wimbledon that the difference between the sixth and ninth divisions is more than just a change of numbers.

And the tactics that Eames laid out for Wimbledon were resolute defensive counter-attacks. Take advantage of the other party's arrogant psychology to lure them out, and then look at the empty space and launch a counterattack.

So Borger will be the most important man in this game, because he is the fastest player in the team.

Speaking to his players before the game, Eames said: "...... Don't pass the ball back and forth in the back, pass it to the front if you can pass it to the front, we play a long pass and rush to the front. When we get the ball, Bolger you try to sprint towards the corner flag and the player with the ball kicks the ball to that place, mastering the footwork and the strength, and Bolger you can catch the ball as long as you run to it. What to do if you catch the ball? It's up to you to decide whether to cross or cut! ”

That's all Wimbledon's attacking tactics. As for the defense...... Eames asked Chu Zhongtian and Sidwell to put a pressing defense on Sherlock's midfielders in midfield. Because from the first meeting between the two sides, Eames found that several of Thurlock's midfielders are excellent in individual skills, but they are not good at passing, they can connect several people, but they may not be able to send the ball to dangerous places in complex situations.

The two goals conceded in the first leg were caused by not being familiar with this and allowing the opponent's skilled midfielder to calmly take the ball and break through and pass the ball again.

Therefore, if you want to limit the opponent's attack in this game, you must not give the opposing player space and time to get the ball.

The advantage of a pressing defense is that it can be used against people who have good technique, poor fitness, poor passing, and fear of siege. Several people went up to grab it, compressed his active control, and the ball was lost.

The disadvantage is that their defensive position is messed up, and if there are players in the opposing team who pass well and have good awareness, it will be tragic...... Thankfully, after a game of observation, Eames decided that there was no such good player in the Thurlock squad.

So he can rest assured that he can boldly implement a pressing defense.

The match went as Eames had expected, and Therlock was clearly uncomfortable with the mad dog-like siege of Chu Zhongtian and Sidwell. Their player with the ball wants to move the ball away, but they always pass too wide under the interference of the opposing two people, or they have too much time with the ball, and their team-mate runs out of position and passes the ball offside...... Offensively, I couldn't open up the situation, and defensively I had a little trouble.

Bolger's speed became a nightmare for all Thurlock players, and Wimbledon's simple and brutal tactics were a bit overwhelming...... Kevin. Cooper didn't choose to turn and break through after receiving a long ball from Sidwell in the front court, but directly switched the ball from the wing, and Bolger used his speed to shake off the opposing defender before receiving the football. Then he didn't continue to take in, but crossed with a kick!

Joe. Shirin fights out of the crowd and makes a beautiful dash!

Football hits the net!

Only eleven minutes had passed since the start of the game...... The visiting Wimbledon fans jumped with their arms raised and the singing of Wimbledon cheered for them again.

In this attack at Wimbledon, due to the high speed, Thurlock's defense line simply did not have time to organize, so Joe. Schilling was able to score so easily.

It was a tactical victory for Wimbledon.

Joe after the goal. Schilling was so excited that he rushed to Borger, who was passing him the ball, and hugged him hard. Other teammates swarmed up and surrounded the two of them.

Eames wasn't as excited as the players, and when the players spread out and ran back to their positions, he yelled from the sidelines: "Fight for another goal!" More goals! Grab their space! A one-goal lead is not safe! ”

※※※ He is very right, a one-goal lead is really not safe. In the ensuing game, Chu Zhongtian felt tremendous pressure. The other party's offensive came towards them like a tidal wave.

And the other side did get a few chances, but their people didn't take advantage of it, and their luck was not good, or rather, Wimbledon's luck was too good. One of those shots was a shot that caught the ball just 10 yards from goal and then adjusted before firing hard, but the ball flew off the crossbar and left the Wimbledon fans in shock.

"We can't always rely on luck to defend! Fight back! Taking advantage of a corner kick, Chu Zhongtian stood in the penalty area and shouted to his teammates who were returning to the defense.

"Of course you have to fight back! But let's hold the ball first! Kevin. Cooper asked Chu Zhongtian to defend.

Thurlock's corner kick was kicked out, and there was chaos in front of goal.

Wimbledon centre-back Simston leapt high and battled with the opposition, but neither man could get their hands on the ball and the ball went through their airspace. Thurlock's No. 8, who was ambushed at the back post, chested the ball to stop, but there was not a single Wimbledon player beside him!

"Damn! What are they doing!? Eames nervously stood up from his seat.

Chu Zhongtian was originally going to fight for the top, but when he found that the football was a little high, he gave up the idea and stayed in the penalty area instead. Now the ball flew back to the back post, and as soon as he turned around, he saw that the opponent's number 8 had stopped the ball with his chest.

Due to inertia, Thurlock's No.8 couldn't shoot right away, and in order to stop this sudden pass, he stepped back a little hard, and he also needed to adjust his center of gravity and pace.

Taking advantage of this effort, Chu Zhongtian pounced. When No. 8 got up to shoot again, the football changed direction on Chu Zhongtian's calf, and was just blocked by the goalkeeper who fell to the ground to save the ball.

The football was not controlled by the Wimbledon players and there was even more chaos in front of goal.

Thurlock's players rushed up to shoot and the ball went straight to the near post, only to be caught by full-back Steve, who had not had time to press it out next to the post. Gibson's body blocked out.

The Thurlock player took a third shot and kicked the ball away less than five metres from goal...... The successive shots just now scared all the Wimbledons out of breath. When the football flew off the field, there was a burst of exhalation from the stands.

"Didn't score any of these goals?!" Thurlock's head coach was furious off the pitch, eager to rush onto the pitch and grab the shooter by the collar and question him.

"We probably wasted the best chance of the game!" A Sherlock fan whispered in the stands that he didn't dare to say it out loud because he would inevitably draw attacks from his peers - "Why is this our best chance?" There are still 60 minutes left in the game! ”

※※※ Although there were still 60 minutes left in the game, Thurlock could not find anything cheap. Their attack was completely blocked by Chu Zhongtian and Sidwell, as well as Wimbledon's defenders.

After surviving a frantic comeback after Sherlock's goal, Wimbledon began to gradually grasp the initiative on the pitch. Until the end of the first half, although they looked to have more possession than Wimbledon, it was actually Wimbledon who had all the dangerous shots on goal.

The only thing to be happy about for Thurlock was that they conceded just one goal in the entire first half.

"Is this something to be happy about?" Thurlock's head coach lashed out at half-time. "We are a team in the sixth division! Now it is even dominated by a team from the ninth division! Still one goal behind! Is it good to not keep conceding goals! It's a shame! I don't care if we can get in the main game, I just want to tell you that I care about being beaten like this by a team in the ninth division! ”

On the other hand, Eames also did not express his appreciation for the team's performance, he was not satisfied: "You count yourself, how many chances did we have in the first half? And how many did you catch? One! We only scored one goal in so many chances! If you could have taken half of those chances in the first half, we'd be 3-0 by now! What kind of competition is this? It's a rematch about who makes it to the main event, and how can there be so many opportunities for you to squander? If they scored a goal in the second half and equalised, I hope you won't regret the performance in the first half! ”

Eames's harsh accusations made everyone look up a little. Some people may complain that the head coach is too strict, but Chu Zhongtian feels that his boss is right. Wasted chances will be retributed...... after the resumption of the second half, Eames asked his team to continue to fight back with a solid defense, but this time they were not allowed to squander those hard-won counter-attacking opportunities.

"One more goal!" From the sidelines, he clapped and shouted at the players who walked on. "Two more will do! As long as you can! ”

In terms of strength, in fact, Wimbledon may really be strong in Sherlock, the sixth-tier team that is relegated every year...... "Hey, Terry. I remember after the last game you asked them not to take the enemy lightly? Ingrid was amused when he heard Eames say that.

"Underestimating the enemy and believing in victory are two different things, Nicky." Eames glared at him.

The home team Sherlock was not willing to be led by Wimbledon, and they launched another fierce attack after the start of the second half.

Chu Zhongtian no longer remembered the first time he used his body to block the opponent's shot. Anyway, under the opponent's attack, his position has retreated from the front of the penalty area to the inside of the penalty area, except for Borger and Joe. Schilling was asked to stay up front and wait for a counter-attack, with everyone else returning to half the pitch and even defending in the 30-metre zone.

Now they do experience the "why a one-goal lead is the least safe" and now they do regret that they wasted so many chances in the first half.

If they were two or three goals ahead, they wouldn't be as nervous as they are now. Every time I defend, I am afraid that the opponent will seize a loophole that I didn't pay attention to and score a goal, turning the one-goal lead into smoke.

"We need to score!" Even the Wimbledon fans in the stands could see that if they were allowed to attack like this, it would be a matter of time before the goal was lost.

Faced with such a situation, what is the best solution?

It's definitely not that you organize your own defense line so tightly that you can't even fly a mosquito in, because it's simply impossible. Instead, let the opponent concede one more goal, and the problem will be solved!

※※※ Chu Zhongtian received the ball from his teammates, and now he has to find a way to transfer the football out, and the opposing player's player has rushed up. Judging from the ten minutes of the second half, Thurlock used the tactics of pressing in the frontcourt, striving to launch an attack after grabbing the ball directly in the frontcourt. So you can't let the football stay under your feet for too long.

But looking around and passing the ball to them is just a matter of keeping the football on your side. The opponent's formation is pressed very high, bullying us for not having a good long passer?

Chu Zhongtian saw Boljie who was moving on the side, and he suddenly thought of the sweat he had paid for the summer vacation, what was the purpose of practicing hard every day, rain or shine? Isn't it just for this moment?

Chu Zhongtian made a move to turn around and pass back, and the Sherlock player who tricked him into forcing him to go around the front defense and chase the ball. He wrapped the ball with his left foot, spun it back and faced the attack again! Then he puts his left foot slightly behind the football, lifts his right foot and kicks the football from the inside out!

He didn't know how many times he had done this during the summer vacation, and he almost didn't need to meditate in his mind about how to kick anymore, and his body naturally knew what kind of action to make and how much strength to use...... It's as if it's all carved into those legs.

As soon as the ball came out, Chu Zhongtian felt good. His instincts told him that the ball would be accurate!

Goal: Gavin on the sidelines ready to sprint. Ten meters in front of Borger!

Seeing Chu Zhongtian's sudden long pass, Bolger knew that the ball must have been for himself, because he passed relatively far forward and went straight to the direction of the corner flag, only he had the speed to catch up with such a powerful pass!

The angle at which the ball rises is small, and the height is not very high, but it is very fast and very abrupt. Thurlock's defenders had no idea that the ball would pass through their defence—it was so far away, it had already flown over forty-five yards! From one penalty area in front of the pitch to the corner flag on the other side!

"This ball is ......" Bolger glanced back at the ball and picked up speed again, as he realized that if he didn't speed up, he might not be able to catch up with the ball. What a fuck...... It's fucking big! ”

He roared and sprang out, reaching out his foot to snap the ball off the air as it fell. The Sherlock defender, who had been following him back to the defense, did not expect that Borger did not stop the ball, but even stopped the buckle, couldn't hold his foot, and rushed straight out of the field.

Borger wasn't much better, but he was prepared, so he didn't get too far to get out, and after braking hard, he turned and ran back, got the football again, and completely shook off the defense.

Then he went straight into the box.

The last Sherlock defender other than the goalkeeper pounced on him, and the goalkeeper also moved towards the near post to block the angle and prevent Borger from shooting directly. Even if they knew that there was a Wimbledon player behind them, they couldn't leave the Wimbledon No. 17 player who was holding the ball right now.

Borger is not stupid and doesn't pass the ball when he sees this situation...... He passed the ball straight between the defender and the goalkeeper!

"If you don't score this ball, you're going to die, dead Jeep!"

Joe, who had been waiting for the point behind the goal. Schilling faced the ball from Borger, and with a light ankle knock, the ball changed direction and folded into the goal, and the goalkeeper who retreated in a hurry only had time to pounce on the shadow of the ball. It's so easy...... 2：0！

Wimbledon, who play in the ninth division, are two goals ahead of sixth division side Sherlock!

(To be continued)